Luo Tian looked at the battered king, sprawled across the massive iceberg, and raised a hand to seize him from afar—
Gravity erupted. The king's body was yanked off the ice floe as if by an invisible hand and came hurtling toward him!
"No—!!!"
The king let out a scream of utter despair.
"Spare me!! Lord Luo Tian, please spare me!! You can have all the treasure! The throne, too! You can have everything!! Just spare my life—!!!"
He had been wrong.
Terribly wrong.
He should never have provoked this god of death.
This wasn't a man at all. He was a monster, a devil, a walking catastrophe in human form!
But Luo Tian's expression remained impassive.
He felt no pity for a fickle, insatiably greedy fool like this.
A pinpoint halo of Repulsion began to gather around his fist, compressed to the absolute limit.
It was a "Singularity," formed by compressing the repulsive force of "Shinra Tensei" to its limit.
Then he threw a punch, striking the king squarely as he flew within reach.
Boom—!!!!
Space shattered beneath the blow.
A violent Repulsion shock wave vaporized the king on the spot, leaving not a trace of him behind!
The residual force then fanned outward, sweeping across the entire area ahead!
Boom—!!!!
An invisible torrent of Repulsion surged forward like a tsunami!
Everything in its path was swept away: the ice, the soldiers, the horses, the cannons, the flags...
The torrent of Repulsion advanced for a full three kilometers before it gradually faded.
And along that three-kilometer path...
Nothing remained.
The ice had been stripped away completely, revealing the black frozen earth beneath.
Soldiers, weapons, corpses... all had been wiped clean, as if an invisible giant hand had erased them from the map.
A hundred thousand soldiers, with that one strike...
Had been reduced to dust.
The entire battlefield fell silent.
The pirates carrying away the treasure stood frozen, shaken to their core by what they had just witnessed.
They stared wide-eyed, mouths agape. The treasure slipped from their hands and clattered to the ground, but they didn't even notice.
What they had just seen was beyond anything they could comprehend.
One man had annihilated a hundred thousand soldiers.
This wasn't a battle. It was... a massacre.
A god crushing ants beneath his heel.
They had never imagined that Officer Luo Tian was so powerful. He hadn't even needed to draw his weapon to grind an army of a hundred thousand to dust.
Along with their shock, reverence and admiration rose from the depths of their hearts.
This was reverence for absolute power, and admiration for the strong.
On this sea, strength was everything.
And Luo Tian had already reached its very peak.
Luo Tian lowered his hand, turned, and instantly crossed the air back to the pirate ship.
His expression remained calm, as if he had merely swatted a few flies.
"Keep loading."
His cool voice jolted the pirates out of their stupor.
"Y-yes!!"
"Move! Pick up the pace!"
"Get every last treasure on board! Don't leave a thing behind!"
The pirates sprang into action, loading several times faster than before.
They looked at Luo Tian with more than just reverence now. Their gazes carried something close to fanatical devotion.
With a powerhouse like him leading them, how could the Rocks Pirates fail to rule the world?
Four days later, Luo Tian's pirate ship returned safely to Beehive Island.
At the docks, the crew were busy unloading the mountains of treasure piled aboard.
As it happened, the Plunder Fleets led by the other officers returned one after another that same day.
"Gahahaha... Luo Tian, you made quite a haul this time!"
Shiki folded his arms and gazed at the treasure pouring out of the hold, enough to nearly fill half the dock. He couldn't help but marvel.
"What you brought back all by yourself is almost as much as our three fleets combined."
The fleets led by Shiki, Whitebeard, and John had plundered eight islands, three pirate crews, and two kingdoms, for a total haul worth around two hundred billion Beli.
As for Luo Tian's ship...
The treasure already unloaded was worth at least one hundred and fifty billion.
And from the looks of it, at least half was still in the hold.
Whenever this guy took action, he always managed to make a splash.
"You don't have to tell me that, Shiki."
John's voice was thick with envy.
"That was the treasure of the Ice Continent... the accumulated wealth of generations of the Happo Navy. It must be even richer than that batch of Heavenly Tribute we stole before."
He stared at the treasure with a complicated expression.
He had coveted that legendary treasure in West Blue for years. He'd made countless inquiries in secret, scheming to find an opportunity to seize it.
He'd even drawn up a detailed plan: first, sow discord within the Happo Navy, then take advantage of the chaos...
But Captain Rocks had gotten there first—and had sent Luo Tian.
Now that it was all over, John didn't even have the right to complain. He was weaker, after all.
And he didn't have Luo Tian's bizarre spatial ability, which let him cross half the world to carry out a mission.
John couldn't help glancing at Luo Tian again, his thoughts churning.
With this much treasure... could the guy have secretly kept some for himself?
If it were John, he would have hidden at least thirty percent!
"All right, John. Keep those thoughts to yourself."
Silver Axe frowned and quietly warned him.
"This treasure will all be converted into weapons, ammunition, and supplies, and added to the whole crew's reserves. When it's time to allocate resources, you'll naturally get your share."
Silver Axe paused, then lowered his voice even further.
"This is a critical time. Don't cause trouble out of envy. You know what'll happen if you upset the captain."
John's expression shifted. He turned away with a disgruntled look, but he still couldn't help stealing sidelong glances at the treasure.
Silver Axe shook his head and turned to Luo Tian.
"By the way, Luo Tian, did you have to make such a big scene while you were there to collect the goods?"
He unfolded a newspaper. The headline on the front page read:
[West Blue in Turmoil! King of Flower Country Dead, a Hundred Thousand Soldiers Annihilated, Glacier Treasure Vanishes Without a Trace!]
[Was Rocks Pirates Officer Luo Tian Seen in West Blue? Coincidence, or...?]
When they'd first seen the headline, they'd all assumed Luo Tian's mission was to wipe out Flower Country.
Only now did they understand that he, too, had gone to plunder treasure.
As for why the King of Flower Country and his hundred thousand soldiers had been annihilated?
That was obviously because those fools had picked a fight with the wrong person and brought death upon themselves.
"Gurarara... That King of Flower Country must've had seawater in his head to dare provoke even our Rocks Pirates."
Whitebeard Newgate took a swig of liquor and laughed heartily.
He knew Luo Tian's temperament well. Unless the other party provoked him first or did something unforgivable, Luo Tian wouldn't erase them from the world along with an entire army of a hundred thousand.
Afterward, Luo Tian successfully received half of the Glacier Treasure.
He stored the treasure in the Spatial Warehouse in his right palm, drawing it in with gravity.
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